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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Those with a serious case of this flu are lacking what feeling?
(a) Sense of sight.
(b) Sense of smell.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Sadness.

2. Why does Dr. Lynn not send Ita for a roentgenograph?
(a) It would show if she had any broken bones.
(b) It would show if she had a heart condition but not how to treat it.
(c) it would show her chest congestion but not how to heal it.
(d) It would show how high her temperature is but not how to lower it.

3. When is a pregnancy considered viable, according to Julia?
(a) 22 weeks.
(b) 28 weeks.
(c) 30 weeks.
(d) 40 weeks.

4. Why does Julia not hurry to clean up the mess after Delia gives birth?
(a) She has another emergency.
(b) She does not want to step between Dr. Lynn and Delia.
(c) She does not know what to do.
(d) She needs to leave it all as evidence.

5. Julia says that if a lesson is not taught right or at all, who can you blame?
(a) The school.
(b) The administration.
(c) The teacher.
(d) The student.

6. How does Groyne annoy Julia?
(a) He fancies himself a singer and makes up euphemisms for death.
(b) He is very quiet and awkward.
(c) He smells bad.
(d) He is mean to her.

7. What is used as anesthesia for Delia?
(a) Chloral.
(b) Chloroform.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Laughing gas.

8. How does Mary think babies are born?
(a) Doctors cut them out.
(b) From the mother's vagina.
(c) From the mother’s belly button.
(d) From the mother's rear end.

9. What sensation does Julia mention is turned off in her, while she was at work?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Tiredness.
(d) Smell.

10. With whom does Julia live?
(a) Her friend.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her mother.

11. What is the reason Julia gives for why Dr. Lynn comes to help at the hospital?
(a) The hospital is her main employer.
(b) She has a family member sick in the hospital.
(c) Civic duty.
(d) The meager wages.

12. What number pregnancy is Ita Noonan expecting?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

13. What is the result of Tim’s injury?
(a) He cannot write.
(b) He cannot walk.
(c) He is mute.
(d) He cannot see.

14. Where does Julia tell Delia her daughter has gone?
(a) The morgue.
(b) Heaven.
(c) To be with God.
(d) The Angels' Plot.

15. How did Julia’s mother die?
(a) Giving birth to her brother.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) From the flu.
(d) From a heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what symptoms does Ita suffer, when the reader first meets her?

2. How long prior to birth does Dr. Lynn believe Delia’s baby’s heart stopped beating?

3. What is Bridie given instead of the frozen cotton Julia had requested?

4. Why is Dr. Lynn satisfied with the type of thread she used for Delia's sutures?

5. What do the Irish think about family planning measures?

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